Placrylic™ Art Fair 16 November 2022

The Venue

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  • Venue is the Former Home of Lady Montagu Smallpox Vaccine Advocate

    Middlethorpe Hall was once the home of the famous diarist, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762), who wrote in her diary "Tis a very pritty place...I think there is nothing to be done but to send an immediate note to Mr Harrison to let him know I will be at Middlethorpe with my family Tuesday next" (August 1713). Lady Mary was one of the most remarkable women of the 18th century, not least due to her campaigning for the introduction of smallpox inoculation, but also as a writer and poet.

    Historic House Hotels was founded in 1979 to rescue and restore run-down country houses. Through careful restoration, the houses & gardens at Middlethorpe Hall have been brought back to life as historically accurate, yet contemporary hotels. In 2008, the hotels were given to the National Trust, ensuring their long-term protection. All profits go back to National Trust’s conservation of places

    Address: Bishopthorpe Rd, York YO23 2GB Phone: 01904 641241

The Placrylic Paints

  • To create analogous sustainable paintings made entirely of plants, all thirty-four artists will be working from the same colour palette: blue, yellow, green and black

    Several placrylic artists have admitted that initially working with these colours was a real challenge in the absence of red.

  • Placrylic™ is a fast-drying patented plant paint that behaves similar to the acrylic paint used by artists, however, unlike acrylic paint which is liquid plastic, placrylic is 100% plastic free

    Placrylic™ is 100% plants

The Sustainable Paintings

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    Angela Thouless

    Anita Fleerackers

    Artist Hana

    Boo Deity

    Brad Kenny

    Branden Tighe

    Britt-Marie Tidemand

    Carl Baird

    Catherine Pennington Meyer

    Catrine Lindstrom

    Dominique Eustace

    Fintan Whelan

    Heather Batchelor

    Holly Grosvenor Helene

    Jinny Park

    Jc Shadows

    Julie Waas

    Juliet Petrarulo

    Lital Albeldas

    Marleen Vinkenvleugel

    Monica De Wit

    Monika Gloviczki

    Nancy Holleran

    Niki Hare

    Rebeccah Klodt

    Ruth Santee

    Sarah Arensi

    Sean Ward

    Teresa Tolentino

    Vinatha Reddy

    Wells King

  • The placrylic 2022 art fair theme is migration

    Pandemics: How fast are people migrating because of the pandemics?

    Climate challenges: Are trees and plants migrating?

    The coronavirus and monkeypox pandemics have drastically changed our way of life. Many have migrated, left jobs, countries and habits behind in pursuit of things, people and places that will help them adjust to pandemic life. In terms of climate challenges, research artist hana conducted confirms that birch trees and many other species of plants and can migrate to survive the toughest of conditions our current world is putting them through, plants that wouldn't normally thrive in harsh conditions brought about by global warming are mutating on a DNA Level to adapt positively to harsh sun or low levels of light

    40 migration themed paintings by thirty-four emerging artists from eleven countries, will be on display at the Middlethorpe Hall; The former home of Lady Montagu, smallpox vaccine advocate

    Placrylic art fair aims

    • art collectors find limited-edition sustainable paintings to acquire

    • placrylic artists gain new collectors

    • placrylic artists gain recognition from the exhibition

    • artists inform future production of Placrylic™: plastic free paint

    • guests explore Middlethorpe Hall, Lady Montagu’s migration home during the smallpox pandemic

See 40 paintings created with Placrylic™ plant paint by sustainable artists from twelve countries

  • … and choose your favourite painting to be crafted into a limited edition organic cotton cushion or sustainable bamboo print

    Tickets: £195

    • includes a custom made limited edition organic cotton cushion or limited edition sustainable bamboo print that will appreciate in value

    • canape reception

    • unlimited drinks

    • see 40 historic sustainable paintings

    After viewing 40 sustainable placrylic paintings, each guest will choose one painting to be custom-made into a limited edition organic cushion

  • … or Watch On Demand Later

    Tickets: £10

    4pm to 5pm: 40 Placrylic Paintings Live Stream Guided Tour

    5pm to 7pm: Meet the Artists

    7pm to 8pm: Celebrity Portrait + Q&A

    8pm to 10pm: 50 Guests Attend The Placrylic Art Fair

    10pm to Midnight: 50 More Guests Attend The Placrylic Art Fair